Australian YouTuber describes the “consequences” of moving to Mexico

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In April, they posted an article on “The truth about ‘cheap’ expat life in Mexico—what TikTok doesn’t tell you.”

The piece is written by Justin Brown, an Australian digital media entrepreneur based in Singapore and a leading voice in personal development. Justin is the director of Brown Brothers Media, a network of high-traffic digital brands, and co-creator of The Vessel, a platform for deep self-inquiry and transformation. His insights reach millions globally through his YouTube channel, Wake Up Call, and also on Instagram.

I’ve been around long enough to recognize when a dream is being sold. And right now, Mexico is the product.

Scroll through TikTok or YouTube and you’ll see it: twenty-somethings and thirty-somethings lounging poolside in Tulum, sipping mezcal in Oaxaca, typing away on laptops in cafés that used to be someone’s family home but are now “co-working spaces.” They talk about how they “escaped the rat race” and how, for less than the price of a New York studio, they’ve got a three-bedroom house, a cleaner, and a better quality of life.

And I get it. The surface is seductive. Mexico feels like freedom at first. And compared to what you’ve escaped from—anxiety-inducing rent, endless commutes, corporate small talk—it probably is.

But if you stay long enough, if you stop viewing your life through the lens of Instagram stories, you start to see the cracks.

Cheap doesn’t mean sustainable. And freedom, if it’s rooted in avoidance, has a funny way of collapsing in on itself.

Click here to read the complete original article by Justin Brown on DMNews

Source: DMNews

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